Shanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.70268 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-232 Year-2018 Thana- BANIAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Shanti Devi, Wife of Binod Sharma, Resident of Village- Manikpura, P.S.- Baniyapur, District- Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vinay Mistry For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-02-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 304B/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, in brief, is that after marriage, the informant's daughter was used to be tortured in her matrimonial house and in consequence thereof, she was done to death by the accused persons for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased. She is separate in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.70268 of 2018(3) dt.05-02-2019 2/2 mess and property from husband of the deceased. She has no concern with the alleged occurrence. The husband of the deceased is in custody.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-XI, Saran in connection with Baniyapur P.S. Case No. 232 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T